EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert | |
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![]() Poster for the Toronto International Film Festival premiere | |
Directed by | Baz Luhrmann |
Starring | Elvis Presley |
Edited by | Jonathan Redmond [1] |
Music by | Elvis Presley |
Distributed by | Sony Music Vision Warner Bros. Pictures (via Turner Entertainment Co., archival footage for Elvis: That's The Way it Is & Elvis On Tour only) |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Language | English |
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert is a 2025 documentary about Elvis Presley directed by Baz Luhrmann, featuring previously unseen footage from Elvis: That's the Way It Is and Elvis on Tour . [1] It is Luhrmann's follow-up to the 2022 biopic Elvis . The film will premiere on September 6, 2025, at the Toronto International Film Festival. [2] [3]
Luhrmann originally sought out unseen footage from Elvis: That's the Way It Is and Elvis on Tour with the intent of using it in his 2022 Elvis biopic. Sixty-eight boxes of both 35mm and 8mm footage were found in the Warner Bros. film archives deep within salt mines in Kansas, including outtakes from both films, plus the "gold lamé jacket" performance from Hawaii in 1957 and unheard interviews. This footage was then restored over a two-year period and forms the basis of EPiC, which will be structured around audio of Presley telling his life story. [1] Luhrmann has described the project as neither fully a documentary nor a concert film, but "something new in the Elvis canon... that befits the magnitude of Elvis as a performer but also offers deeper revelations of his humanity and inner life." [4]
Various images and short clips from the editing process have been shared by Luhrmann on his Instagram account throughout 2025, including one of the "gold lamé" performance. [5] On May 30, Luhrmann shared footage from EPiC at a Sony Music Vision showcase. On August 13, Luhrmann shared a previously unseen restored clip of Presley singing "Oh Happy Day" and announced that the film would premiere on September 6, 2025, at the Toronto International Film Festival. [3] [2]